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Compensation of employees > % of expense	9.88 %		[86th of 97]
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Economic activity > Both sexes aged 10-14	12.07		[61st of 89]
DEFINITION: Economically active population ("usually active" or "currently active" (currently active is also known as "the labour force")) comprises all persons of either sex above a specified age who furnish the supply of labour for the production of economic goods
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Economic activity > Men aged 65 plus	52.67		[54th of 162]
DEFINITION: Economically active population ("usually active" or "currently active" (currently active is also known as "the labour force")) comprises all persons of either sex above a specified age who furnish the supply of labour for the production of economic goods
SOURCE: Economic activity rate and economically active population, by sex, thirteen age groups, 1950-2010 (ILO estimates and projections) are data from the International Labour Union (ILO). Source details: ILO, Economically Active Population, 1950-2010, fourth edition, diskette database (Geneva, 1997). The latest set of estimates and projections covering the period 1950-2010 (4th edition) was released by ILO in December 1996. These data are updated every five-ten years by ILO and a new set of these data is in preparation
Female economic activity growth	4%		[73rd of 156]
DEFINITION: The % change in the female economic activity rate (aged 15 and above) from 1990 to 2000.
SOURCE: Economic activity rate and economically active population, by sex, thirteen age groups, 1950-2010 (ILO estimates and projections) are data from the International Labour Union (ILO). Source details: ILO, Economically Active Population, 1950-2010, fourth edition, diskette database (Geneva, 1997). The latest set of estimates and projections covering the period 1950-2010 (4th edition) was released by ILO in December 1996. These data are updated every five-ten years by ILO and a new set of these data is in preparation
Firing cost > weeks of wages	55.9 weeks of wages		[58th of 164]
DEFINITION: Firing cost is the cost of advance notice requirements, severance payments, and penalties due when terminating a redundant worker, expressed in weekly wages. One month is recorded as 4 1/3 weeks.		View time series
SOURCE: calculated on the basis of data on the economically active population and total population from ILO (International Labour Organization). 2002. Estimates and Projections of the Economically Active Population, 1950-2010, 4th ed., rev. 2. Database. Geneva
force with tertiary education > % of total	4 %		[9th of 52]
DEFINITION: Labor force with tertiary education is the proportion of labor force that has a tertiary education, as a percentage of the total labor force.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
force, total	435,035,700		[2nd of 184]
DEFINITION: Total labor force comprises people who meet the International Labour Organization definition of the economically active population: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period. It includes both the employed and the unemployed. While national practices vary in the treatment of such groups as the armed forces and seasonal or part-time workers, in general the labor force includes the armed forces, the unemployed, and first-time job-seekers, but excludes homemakers and other unpaid caregivers and workers in the informal sector.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Labor force > By occupation agriculture 60%, industry 17%, services 23%
DEFINITION: Component parts of the labor force by occupation.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Parental leave > Paid maternity leave 135 days (Central Government) 90 days or 12 weeks in State Governments
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Parental leave > Paid paternity leave 15 days for Central Government(No. 13018/1/97-Estt.(L) Government of India Ministry of Personnel, P.G. & Pensions (Department of Personnel & Training) NEW DELHI, Dated 7th October, 1997. ) (http://persmin.nic.in/estt/leave2.htm) and a few states like Rajasthan (http://www.hindu.com/2004/12/01/stories/2004120106890500.htm)
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Parental leave
Regulation	51		[72nd of 123]
DEFINITION: This statistic is an average of "Regulation - Hiring", "Regulation - Firing", and "Regulation - Employment Conditions". Nations are listed with an Employment Laws Index between 1 and 100. The higher the index, the more the nation regulates Employment.
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Parental leave
Regulation > Employment Conditions	75		[65th of 123]
DEFINITION: Nations are listed with a Conditions of Employment Index between 1 and 100. The higher the index, the more the nation regulates conditions of employment.
SOURCE: The World Bank Group The original methodology and data come from The Regulation of Labor, by Juan Botero, Simeon Djankov, Rafael La Porta, Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes, and Andrei Shleifer. When using the data, please also cite this paper as a reference.
Rigidity of employment index	41		[73rd of 166]
DEFINITION: The rigidity of employment index measures the regulation of employment, specifically the hiring and firing of workers and the rigidity of working hours. This index is the average of three subindexes: a difficulty of hiring index, a rigidity of hours index, and a difficulty of firing index. The index ranges from 0 to 100, with higher values indicating more rigid regulations.		View time series
SOURCE: The World Bank Group The original methodology and data come from The Regulation of Labor, by Juan Botero, Simeon Djankov, Rafael La Porta, Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes, and Andrei Shleifer. When using the data, please also cite this paper as a reference
Total work time > Males	391 minutes		[20th of 29]
DEFINITION: Total work time (minutes per day)
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Unemployment, female > % of female labor force	5.3 %		[61st of 95]
DEFINITION: Unemployment refers to the share of the labor force that is without work but available for and seeking employment. Definitions of labor force and unemployment differ by country.		View time series
SOURCE: Harvey, Andrew S. 1995 ?Market and Non-Market Productive Activity in Less Developed and Developing Countries: Lessons from Time Use.? Background Paper for Human Development Report 1995. United Nations Development Programme, Human Development Report, Goldshmidt-Clermont, Luisella, and Elisabetta Pagnossin Aligisakis. 1995. ?Measures of Unrecorded Economic Activities in Fourteen Countries.? Background paper for Human Development Report
Unemployment, male > % of male labor force	4.9 %		[62nd of 95]
DEFINITION: Unemployment refers to the share of the labor force that is without work but available for and seeking employment. Definitions of labor force and unemployment differ by country.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Unemployment, total > % of total labor force	5 %		[59th of 101]
DEFINITION: Unemployment refers to the share of the labor force that is without work but available for and seeking employment. Definitions of labor force and unemployment differ by country.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Work time > Market-oriented	61%		[6th of 29]
DEFINITION: Classification of market and non-market activities are not strictly based on the 1993 revised UN System of National Accounts, so comparisons between countries and areas must be made with caution.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$	1,008,000,000 $		[31st of 149]
DEFINITION: Workers' remittances and compensation of employees comprise current transfers by migrant workers and wages and salaries earned by nonresident workers. Workers’ remittances are classified as current private transfers from migrant workers who are residents of the host country to recipients in their country of origin. They include only transfers made by workers who have been living in the host country for more than a year, irrespective of their immigration status. Compensation of employees is the income of migrants who have lived in the host country for less than a year. Migrants’ transfers are defined as the net worth of migrants who are expected to remain in the host country for more than one year that is transferred from one country to another at the time of migration.		View time series
SOURCE: Harvey, Andrew S. 1995 ?Market and Non-Market Productive Activity in Less Developed and Developing Countries: Lessons from Time Use.? Background Paper for Human Development Report 1995. United Nations Development Programme, Human Development Report, Goldshmidt-Clermont, Luisella, and Elisabetta Pagnossin Aligisakis. 1995. ?Measures of Unrecorded Economic Activities in Fourteen Countries.? Background paper for Human Development Report
Workers' remittances, receipts > BoP, current US$	21,595,100,000 BoP $		[1st of 115]
DEFINITION: Workers' remittances are current transfers by migrants who are employed or intend to remain employed for more than a year in another economy in which they are considered residents. Some developing countries classify workers' remittances as a factor income receipt (and thus as a component of GNI). The World Bank adheres to international guidelines in defining GNI, and its classification of workers' remittances may therefore differ from national practices. This item shows receipts by the reporting country. Data are in current U.S. dollars.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database

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